Screen comes on then goes out in 5 seconds. The backlight goes dark but the seen is working, just can't see it. The backlight is out...

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Mark587, Did you shine a very bright flashlight 1" from the screen to try and see the WIN-desktop ?? Even though the screen appears BLACK. Your words above said: JUST CAN'T SEE IT Did you really NOT see anything? Have you seen any of the longer video clips of "LCD Monitor Disassembly" on YOUTUBE? Some BLACK screen "symptom" lcd displays can be repaired for less than $10 in parts. Capacitors! Also check videos on lcd repair. Then get back here to fixya and I or any of the guys can help you decide what to do with your display whoose screen is now dark and lifeless. After doing the YOUTUBE thing you may even tell us what you will do!!! Hope this was helpful. Yes we do want to hear back from you. please rate this response on fixya. I'm louie12fix on fixya or lmistyrel @ aol.com. Bye for now.

I have a Dell 22" monitor that after a few minutes goes Black. I can see the images faintly in the background but still Black. The power light stays green like I said I can see images moving. I turn the monitor on and right back on and the picture is perfect again for a few sec to a few minutes. Every time I turn it off and back on it shows such a pretty picture . It has to be something simple and not enough to just give up on this monitor. Please Help me . It's for my 2 year old son can watch his movies and I can get my TV back. Please Please Please Help me . Terrible 2's are not easy as it is so help me .

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